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Chapter 210
(House Bill 512)
AN ACT concerning
Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board – Composition –
Alteration Composition and Regulations
FOR the purpose of altering the composition of the Professional Standards and Teacher
Education Board by adding a member of the Maryland Association of Nonpublic
Special Education Facilities; requiring the State Board of Education and the
Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board to develop for consideration
rules and regulations to attract and provide certification to teachers from groups
historically underrepresented in the teaching profession; and generally relating to
the Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article – Education
Section 6–703 and 6–704
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND,
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article – Education
6–703.
(a) (1) The Board consists of [25] THE FOLLOWING members[.
(2) Of the 25 Board members]:
(i) [8 shall be] EIGHT public school classroom teachers, as follows:
1. [6 shall be] SIX chosen from a list of nominees provided by
the statewide teachers’ organization representing a majority of teachers in the State for
collective bargaining purposes; and
2. [2 shall be] TWO chosen from a list of nominees provided
by a statewide teachers’ organization representing teachers in at least one jurisdiction
within the State for collective bargaining purposes other than the majority organization
provided for in item 1 of this subparagraph;
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(ii) [1 shall be a] ONE certified nonpublic school classroom teacher,
chosen from a list of nominees provided by the Association of Independent Schools;
(iii) [6 shall be] SIX teacher education faculty members from colleges
of the State, chosen from a list of nominees provided by:
1. The Maryland Association of Teacher Educators; and
2. The Maryland Association of Colleges of Teacher
Education;
(iv) [4 shall be] FOUR administrative or supervisory staff members
of public schools, as follows:
1. [2 shall be] TWO chosen from a list of nominees provided
by the Public School Superintendents’ Association of Maryland;
2. [1 shall be] ONE chosen from a list of nominees provided
by the Maryland Association of Secondary Principals; and
3. [1 shall be] ONE chosen from a list of nominees provided
by the Maryland Association of Elementary School Administrators;
(v) [2 shall be] ONE administrative or supervisory staff of the
approved nonpublic schools of the State, chosen from a list of nominees provided by the
Association of Independent Schools;
(vi) [1 shall be a] ONE member of a local board of education, chosen
from a list of nominees provided by the Maryland Association of Boards of Education;
(VII) ONE MEMBER OF THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF
NONPUBLIC SPECIAL EDUCATION FACILITIES, CHOSEN FROM A LIST O F NOMINEES
PROVIDED BY THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF NONPUBLIC SPECIAL EDUCATION
FACILITIES;
[(vii)] (VIII) [2 shall be] TWO representatives of the general public, as
follows:
1. [1 shall be] ONE chosen from a list of nominees provided
by the Speaker of the House of Delegates of Maryland; and
2. [1 shall be] ONE chosen from a list of nominees provided
by the President of the Senate of Maryland; and
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[(viii)] (IX) [1 shall be] the State Superintendent or a designee of the
State Superintendent.
[(3)] (2) The Board shall include all the members of the Professional
Standards and Teacher Education Advisory Board serving on July 1, 1991.
(b) (1) The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate of Maryland,
shall appoint the members of the Board described in subsection [(a)(2)(i)] (A)(1)(I) through
[(vii)] (VIII) of this section.
(2) In making the appointments required under this subsection, the
Governor shall ensure that the Board is representative of:
(i) The geographic regions of the State; and
(ii) Minority populations of the State as defined in § 9–301 of the
State Government Article.
(c) (1) The term of an appointed member is 3 years.
(2) The terms of the appointed members are staggered as required by the
terms provided for members of the Board on October 1, 1991.
(3) At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is
appointed.
(4) A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the
remainder of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.
(d) The Governor may remove a member for incompetence or misconduct.
(e) From among its members, the Board annually shall elect a chairman.
(f) A majority of the members of the Board then serving on the Board is a quorum.
(g) The staff for the Board shall be provided by the State Board.
6–704.
(a) (1) In accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 1 of the State Government Article,
both the State Board and the Board shall develop for consideration rules and regulations
for:
(i) Except as provided in item (iii) of this paragraph, the
certification of teachers and other professional personnel in accordance with this article;
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(ii) Requirements for preparation of teachers and other education
personnel; [and]
(iii) The certification of social workers employed by a local school
employer as professional personnel; AND
(IV) ATTRACTING AND PROVID ING CERTIFICATION TO
TEACHERS FROM GROUPS H ISTORICALLY UNDERREP RESENTED IN THE TEAC HING
PROFESSION .
(2) Rules and regulations developed by the State Board shall be reviewed
by the Board.
(3) Rules and regulations developed by the Board shall be reviewed by the
State Board.
(4) Rules and regulations that are initiated by either the State Board or
the Board and submitted for review to each other shall be acted upon within 60 days of
their receipt by the other party.
(5) Recommendations on rules and regulations shall be implemented if
both the Board and the State Board approve them.
(6) An individual who is otherwise qualified may not be denied the right to
receive credentials from the Board, to receive training to become a teacher, or to practice
teaching in any school because that individual is totally or partially blind.
(7) A county board may not refuse to contract with or engage a teacher
because of blindness if the blind teacher is capable of performing the duties of the position
for which he has applied.
(8) The right of a school psychologist, who is certified by the Board to
practice school psychology consistent with the provisions of that certification, may not be
limited by Title 18 of the Health Occupations Article with respect to the practice of school
psychology in an educational institution.
(b) (1) The Board may establish a fee, not to exceed $10, for issuance or
renewal of a teacher certificate.
(2) The Board may not require a fee:
(i) For the addition of any new area of certification to a currently
valid certificate; or
(ii) Except for the fee authorized under this subsection, for the
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July
1, 2022.
Approved by the Governor, April 21, 2022.